Rangers supervisor Philippe Clement admitted a sluggish begin and a unnecessary crimson card price his facet in an important 2-1 defeat at Celtic Park.
John Lundstram was despatched off for a sliding problem on Alistair Johnston in first-half stoppage-time after Cyriel Dessers had pulled a purpose again for the guests.
Lundstram had turned Daizen Maeda’s cross into his personal internet seven minutes earlier, shortly after Matt O’Riley had opened the scoring.
Clement on Lundstram crimson: He is aware of he made a mistake
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John Lundstram is shipped off leaving Rangers with 10 gamers within the recreation towards Celtic
Clement stated: “The first 20 minutes we were not aggressive enough. After that, the red card decided the game because after their 20 minutes, we were coming into the game.
“We had sufficient possibilities within the first half and at half-time the expectation of the groups was related. There have been only some extra pictures from distance by Celtic.
“It’s, in fact, tougher if it’s important to play with 10 and that may be a factor I by no means wish to see. Lunny is the primary one which is aware of that, the group is aware of.
“I do not wish to see that kind of sort out wherever on the pitch. There it was completely pointless.
“It was one split-second of wrong decision-making by a player but I don’t forget what he’s been doing for the team in the last couple of months and all year for Rangers. He’s the first one who knows he has made a mistake. There was totally no reason for it.”
‘Perhaps he needed to struggle for the staff an excessive amount of’
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All of our pundits thought Lundstram deserved a crimson for his rash problem aside from Kenny Miller, who continued to argue his nook!Â
When requested how Lundstram had reacted within the dressing room, Clement stated: “He didn’t speak. Of course he is disappointed. He will feel like that.
“I additionally had moments like that in my profession the place you’re taking a crimson card and it isn’t essential.
“He is experienced. He knows and I’m sure in the next couple of weeks he still wants to fight for this team. Maybe he wanted to fight a little bit too much and take the team with him.
“We had also a few good chances to score before that and you’re totally in the game. We were then not out of the game but it was much, much more difficult.
“The optimistic facet is that the staff once more confirmed resilience. They did not hand over and it might have been simpler to surrender in an atmosphere with out followers, being behind and with 10 males. We stored on going.
“Nobody was relaxed until the last second but we couldn’t get it over the line.”
‘I am going to by no means hand over however I am not naive’
Matt O’Riley opened the scoring for Celtic towards Rangers
Rangers are actually six factors and 7 objectives behind Celtic with two video games left.
“My mentality is never to give up as long as something is possible, but I’m not naïve,” Clement stated. “We need to focus now on recovering fast and showing a good reaction against Dundee. That’s the first thing to do.”
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Clement confirmed John Souttar had gone off at half-time with an unspecified harm and defined why Todd Cantwell stayed on the bench all through.
“He was fit, yes, but this was not the game to put him on when we are playing with 10,” he stated.
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